Jacqueline Goodman - Fullerton, CA

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • Western State University College of Law, Fullerton, California
    Juris Doctor, BSL

• Non Legal Education

  • California State University, Long Beach, CA
    Major: Psychology

Current Employment Position(s)

• Attorney

References

• Hon. Craig Arthur Supervising Judge of the Orange County Superior Court

• Hon. James Rogan Former United States Congressman Judge of the Orange County Superior Court, Ret.

Classes and Seminars

• 2023 ACS Next Generation Leader (NGL) Mentorship Pilot Program Co-Founding Mentor
  
• National Lawyers Guild (Law for the People Annual Convention, Pasadena, 2012), Speaker
  
• Western State University College of Law (Plenary for Incoming Class Orientation 2013), Speaker
  
• UCLA Law School, Guest lecturer
  
• UCI Law School, Guest lecturer
  
• Chapman University College of Law, Guest lecturer
  
• Western State University College of Law, Guest lecturer
  
• Trial Warrior Academy, Riverside, CA, Guest lecturer
  
• Riverside Bar Association (Criminal Section) Defending Accusations of Sex Abuse, Presenter, 2022
  
• Texas Criminal Defense Bar Association Forensic Interviews of Child Accusers, Presenter, 2022
  
• NACDL Defending Sex Crimes Seminar: Defending the Accused Online Child Predator: Confronting Charges Involving Lurid Online Communications and Arrangements to Meet a Minor for the Purpose of Committing a Lewd Act, Presenter, 2023

Pro Bono Activities

• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice Foundation, President, 2020

Published Works

Articles

• And Just Like That, a New Cause of Action, Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal, Volume 126, No. 172 September 5, 2013
  
• Spit and a Quitter: Confessions of a Co-Conspirator (OCDA DNA Collection), Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal September 2013
  
• There Ought to be a Law (The Michael Morton Case and the Need to Criminalize Intentional Brady Violations), Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal November 2013
  
• Sad, Painful Truth of an OC Police Beating Case (The Kelly Thomas Case), Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal, Volume 127, No. 13 January 21, 2014
  
• Fernandez v. California: Your Right to a Warrantless Search is Secure, Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal March 4, 2014
  
• A Curious Case of Jailhouse Snitching (The Dekraai Case), Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal, Volume 127, No. 56 March 24, 2014
• AB 3070: Addressing Racism in Jury Selection, Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal, June 26, 2020
• The Lag is Real (The Spread of COVID-19 by the Courts), Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal, March 19, 2020
• Rule 4 Recission: Untethered from Reason, Los Angeles/San Francisco Daily Journal, June 12, 2020
• Forensic Interview Protocols in Child Sex Abuse Cases, The Champion (NACDL) November 2021
• The Fight Against Mass Incarceration, The Champion (NACDL) July 2023
• Solitary Confinement: Torture on Our Watch, The Champion (NACDL) July 2023
• The Case for Prison Abolition, The Forum (CACJ) June 2023
• Wrote Op-ed for NACDL: In reply to William Barr’s Wall Street Journal op-ed, “Rising Crime Rates are a Policy Choice.”

Bar Admissions

• California, 1994
• U.S. District Court Central District of California, 1995
• U.S. Court of Appeals 9th Circuit, 1995
• United States Supreme Court, 2007
• Massachusetts, 2013

Specialties and Certifications

• Certified specialist in Criminal Law by the State Bar of California, Board of Legal Specialization, 2014

Other Affiliations

• Massachusetts Board of Bar Overseers
• California Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2019 - Present (President)
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 1990 - Present
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1990 - Present (Member)
• Criminal Law Section of the California Bar Association, 1994 - Present (Member)
• California Public Defenders Association, 1994 - Present (Member)
• National College of DUI Defense, 2010 - 2015 (Member)
• Orange County Criminal Defense Lawyers Association, 2010 - Present (Member)
• North Orange County Bar Association, 2008 - Present
• CACJ Foundation for Criminal Justice (Chair)
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 2012 - 2016 (Member of the Board of Governors; Seminars Committee)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Board of Directors)
• Sex Crimes Defense Seminar, 2016 - Present (Vice-Chair)
• American Constitution Society, 2021 - Present
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 2011 - 2023 (Co-Chair Seminars Committee)
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Legislative Committee
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Public Information Committee
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, Strategic Planning Committee
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2012 - Present (Co-Chair, Forensic Science and the Law)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2014 - Present (Co-Chair, Sex Crimes Defense Seminar)
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (Secretary, 2016)
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (Treasurer, 2017)
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (Vice President, 2018)
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice (President, 2019)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2020 - Present (Member of the Board of Directors)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2021 - Present (Founding Co-Chair, Decarceration Committee)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 2021 - Present (Co-Chair, California Trial Penalty Project)
• California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, 2022 - Present (Chair, Police Accountability Project)
• American Constitutional Society-Orange County Chapter, 2022 - 2024 (Co-Founding Director)